Tsuneha Sano was a participant, during which time he attended a Wood Badge course at Gilwell Park, marking the watershed for the first period of Japanese Scouting.

Various studies and negotiations were conducted for several years, and the SAJ established the Yamanaka Camp Site Review Committee.

SAJ examined whether Yamanaka campsite should be closed or how it could be renovated, and sought all avenues for maintaining the camp, and negotiated with the various parties concerned, but due to the aging building, the problem of asbestos, the cost of rebuilding, and in consideration of financial problems, the Review Committee reported to the Board of Directors held on October 11, 2016.

The period necessary for dismantlement work and disposal equipment in order to complete removal of buildings and return the site to Yamanashi Prefecture after inspection is estimated as the end of March 2018.

[1] Yamanashi prefecture has already leased the site of Camp Yamanaka, to Fujikyu Estimate, Ltd, in 2017, for an 80-year contract, to be converted into area of exclusive villas.